The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1889. JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3146, 6 March 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1889. JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.

The Justices of Auckland have discovered that, there exists in the city of the north a plethora of juvenile depravity. This depravity manifests itself not only in absolute breaches of the law, but in those minor offences against sooiety which come under the generic title of larrikinism. We have reason to believe that compared with other centres of population. Masterton is fairly free from the scourge of this depravity. Still, the trail of the serpent is over this community as well as others, and it is worth while to study tbe efforts that are being made elsewhere to maintain a fair standard of morals among the young. In Auckland the local justices held a meeting to consider whether legislative steps to check the evil could not be adopted. Sir William Fox endeavored to show that the blame lay with our seoular educational system, but his view was not endorsed by the majority of those present. - Sir William is probably mistaken on this point, for a keen observer and a great educational authority who recently visited this colony, Mr G. Dixon, M.P., stated that lie found that the children attending secular schools

were better instructed in religious knowledge than those brought up at denominational seminaries.. The reason of this was that the Sunday schools in centres where religion was not taught in the day schools, weremore effioient. The Hawkes Bay Herald, taking up this question, summarises as follows the general conclusion arrived at by.the Auckland Justices, viz., that the extension of the powers of magistrates to order juveniles to be birohed, and'to inflict'fines, would to a large extent meet the difficulties which now present themselves. A youth, when arrested, should not be put in a gaol cell, but kept in the police quarters until tried. Then, if sentenced, the birching should be

administered at once, also at the police station. In tliis way moral contamination would be avoided, while the shame attached to birching, even more than the physical pain, would act as a deterrent to future crime. If, however, a boy o?

girl committed: repeated offences, they should be.sent to a reformatory or industrial school for a term. So much for the youngsters themselves, But there waß a unanimous feeling

that, in cases wheie parental neglect canbe proved to the satisfaction of a magistrate, he should have power to fine the parent or parents at fault, with the alternative of imprisonment.. At present the fine is inflicted on the juvenile. 'lf the parent refuses to pay, 1 the juvenile goes to gaol. The suggested reform reverses this, jjnps the parent, and sends hhn or )ier to gapl iu default of payment, leaving the youngster to go free after his whipping;;: Another 1 suggestion made by Dr. Giles is ah admirable one. That is, that when children have to be sent to a reformatory or industrial school, the parents should be made responsible for the cost of {heir i»aint?pance, ; 11 a man

deserts his wife and children the law finds 'him out, and makes, him 1 support . them, or .go to • gaol* . •If • pareats.so neglect their children aa to allow them to become a menace,to the well-being of society, then the State mußt in self-defence take charge of those children, and endeavor ■ to fill the place of parents, But: it should make the parents pay.. At present a premium is praotioally offered to bad-parents to throw the maintenance of their children on, the community. That should-not b'e—a payment ■ sufficiently heavy to be punitive should be exacted,. and negleot to pay should bo vieitod by a sentence of hard labor in gaol. There are, in a new oountry like New Zealand, greater difficulties in the way of training and cultivating the young,' than there are in a country like England. The Colonial boy is more robust and better 'fed, lives more in the open air, and his parent sees less of him than would a father

in England. The tie between father and con is apt to be loosened in a community:where there is a tendency for eaoll individual to shift' for himself, and where a lad at an abnormally early age can-, earn enough to support himself. But though this be the case, though there may be a hundred exouses for parents in New Zealand whioh are less applicable to fathers at home, the duty whioh the parent owes to ( his child must still be reoognised, ahd where he negleots it the

State would justified in stepping in to punish the negligence of the parent for the crime of the child, There is a good • deal oi common sense in the suggestions made by the Auckland justices, and if the outcome of them is an improved Act, under which parents

will be constrained to compel their children to keep within ■ certain limits the community will be benefitted. Of course this a free country, ,but the freedom must not be inter-' pretedto mean the right to. negleot natural duties, or a license to tolerate juvenile depravity. We believe even that negligent parents would not resent interference on the part of the State in tho direction of protecting her children. A man, though he himself may be vicious, desires his children tQ be free from contamination, and. though his, will be muoh weaker than his desire, his sympathies will, be on the side oi juvenile morality.

The Wellington papers, whioh have been trying to construct a native insurrection' out of the Te Kooti episode—which haye already doomed the Government to destruction for their high handed and unconstitutional action -must now feel very unwell. It turns out after all that poor Te Kooti was out on a tipsy spree, that he is sorry, that lie misbehaved himself, and has taken the pledge and gone back home. How are the Wellington papers to defeat the Government on such poor material as this. The ex rebel Hero, for whom they were doing battle, turns out to be a drivelling'inebriate.

The celebrated Te Eangltumau Cooksfoot gtass seed is now advertised for sale in lots to suit purchasers at three pence per lb. Thomas Lyons committed for trial yesterday for larceny as a bailee has been liberated on bail, Messrs R, Allen and R. Baker being his securities. It is. rumoured in the Govornmont

Buildings that Mr O.T. Batkiu, Assistant Auditor- General, intends to retire on pension in a few months'time, and also that it is not improbable that Mr J. E. FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-' General, will do the earne. A young horse belonging to .Mr H. Phillips, ol the Occidental Hotel, was yesterday being exercised in the brealung-in vehicle of Mr P. Hood, driven by J", Keegan, awell-knownjockey when on rounding the Club Hotel corner the animal reared straight up and fell backwards, After some little difficulty: the harness was removed, and the horse relieved from its awkward situation. A fracture of the harness and a broken, shaft were tho only damages sustained. In another column will be found an

advertisement from Mr W, H. Payne, o( Ohristohuroh, tho celebrated ologinaker. To those {rho wish to keep their feet warm in winter, and who does not ? this announcement is of particular interest, Clops for men, women, and ohildren, in any : size can be sent per parcel post to any address, over one hundred pairs beintr sent in this manner last year. Gutta percha boots and half solos with solution can be obtained from the same firm,

The quarterly meeting of the Carterton Licensing Committee was held at the Oourt House, Carterton, on Tuesday. Present—Messrs R. Fairbrother, (ohairman), W. Vickerstaff, James Stevens, 6., W. Deller, and G. Burnett, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed! The police report was handed in and approved 0f..; Mr Bunny, on behalf of the Official Assignee applied to have the license of the Royal Oak Hotel transferred to Mr Cawston, which was granted, and the meeting adjourned. Mr George R. Simß declares that the story of the hiddon treasure, which supplies the motive for the villainy in "The Silver Falls," is founded on fiet.' An Australian bushranger made his pile, and waa able to plant the polden "swan" before he died, On his deathbed he .handed a packet to his executor, to be given to his daughter, On opening it she was told to go to a certain wild spot where wild pines grew. To go, E. by N.E, thirty 'spaces., in the'line made by three speoialiy tall pines, and dig, dig- She dug, dug, and tound thousands and thousands of ancient sovereigns, rusty from long test. Thoy are now said to be in circulation.

A good story is told by the Auckland Herald, which shows the vigilance of the Postal and Customs departments in seeing that Casar gets the penny to which , he is entitled. A soft goods firm ill the city, it Is said, got a notice in their letter-box that a packet was lying at the Post-office for thorn. On sending down for It, it was discovered to be a paoket about the size of a pair of gloves, containing some specimens and samples. After Borne discussion and examination of the "goods" by the departments, it was decided that they were dutiable goods, and the consignee was assessed to pay a penny on that head'. It is not stated whether Mr Shaunon discovered this fraud upon the revonuejprobably not, as it is likely he was just then engaged playing on the piano. • A Sydney paper got hold of a copy of the letter published by Captain Scott, master ot the barque Oairnamop, just before he left Timaru for home, in which he poised the port warmly. Thp Sydney piper reproduces the ohlof points jri tt|'e. letter, and introduces them - as-follows: —"Timaru, situati on the east coast of the Middle Wand of New Zealand, has been one of the best abused ports , in that, colony. Its open roadstead was for lon£ a burial ground for shippingand at one stage in the history of Timaru there was a danger of the underwriters of hull? refusing poiiit blank, toentertain business, so far as loading {jrain;shipa went, iny more' at that'port. But Timaru has overcome the natural disadvantages by the exercise of artificial skill moulded into an everlastiug (or 1 nearly so) monument in' the form of a' ; breakwater, constructed of concrete | blocks, each of enormous weight. It. ! would be unsafe,to say how many times i the merciless sea pljvy.ed havoc with that , breakwator. - The proverbial pluck of the local harbour authorities, and a dogged determination to hays a harbour 1 of their own truimphcd, However,' and 1 to-day the port of : . Timaru is visited iri 1 safety by ships of all sizes/'*

Moaara,Lowes nnd lorns.add to ■their stock sale list for 13th, 9 Lincoln Earns, jTA slight shock' of earthquake was felt in: M&aterton at '12i20 to-day,; and was followed immediately by a aocond'treinor. -The funeral of tho late Mr George Harvey: will take.place ■ at? Oastlepomt, to-morrow, at 8 o'olook in the afternoon.

Tho Assessment Court will sit at the R.M. Courthouse, -Maatetton, on 20th March for the purpose of hearing .objootio'ns to tho Valuation list of the Borough i ot Masterton.

.The. lease of :the house's and land occupied by Mr W. Franois in Queenstreet Masterto'n are'advertised-for sale also a large Boarding house and 'several freehold seotions in Bannister and Hope . streets. ; ; - X ' Mr F. H. Wood makes -several .additional entries to his catalogue for the 1 Taratahi stock salo oil the 14th mat including 1600 sheep and 24 head of cattle, • ; ■: ' • The.Poliqe Of Wellington are making raids on certain tobacconists and other shop-keepers who keep open on Sunday with a view 'to trading on that day. Fines have" been, - inflicted on several persons cohviofced of the , Mr Mathias, who has for some time held the post, of accountant at'the Bank' of Australasia, Masterton, has 1 received a similar appointment at Palmeraton North. He will b'e replaced here by Mr R.S, Hirschberg whq has been promoted from Wellington. / ,] 1 The funeral of tlio late Alfred Tile 1 ' whose death at Christchurch Hospital o ■ typhoid fever was reported in.yesteidayjs ) Djulv will take place to-morrow. His 1 brother Henry who was reported to be, ill, has now, we are glad' to say quite , recovered.

1 The North Wairarapai County. Clerk has convened a meeting of delegates of 1 the; local. bodies; contributing to the United District Aid Board for Thursday next at the .County,offioeß, ,to consider what steps shall .be taken in the face of the verdict against them in the Supreme Court.

Mr Cohen, tho broker, who was tried at Melboutift and acquitted on a charge of Belling land which ho did not possesß, iii suing the prosecutor for LIO.OOO damages for false imprisonment.

The Customs revenue, Melbourne, foi February shows a satisfactory increase, and for.the month there is a surplus oi L 45.000 over the cstimato.

It is related of one Job Walmsley, a Yorkshire advocate of teetotalism, who was humorous in a rough way as well as eloquent, that he,was waited upon on one occasion by a young man who was ambitious to shine upon platforms aftorthomannor of Jabel Inwards, Simeon Smithard, and Mr J, B.Gough. " Tha wants to be a public tha, lad I An' tha thinks awm the chep to put tha up to a wrinkle about it ? Tha's reight, 1 awm, Now, hark tha i "When tha rises to make thy speech, hit taable, and oppen thy mawth. If nowt comes,, tak' a supo 1 wather, an' hit table again. Then oppen tey mawth wider than afoor* Then, if nowt comes, tak' thysen off, and leave public spoykin to such as me."_^

Stout old lady (to druggist's boy): "Bey, d'ye keep a preparation for reducin* tho weight?" Boy: "Yea'm. l Stout old lady : " Well, I don't know eggaactly how rauoh I ought to git." Bov (diagnosingly); " Better take all we ve got, ma'am,"

Daring the last fortnight wo hare done satisfactory business in clearing out much of our summer overplus stock which has thus been considerably lessened at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, Nevertheless there are a large accumulation of remnants and a variety of odd lots in every department, which must bo turned into money during the next few days at Te Aro House, Wellington, These remnants include a number of very useful, everyday aftioles, auoh as oalicoes, sheetings, prints, zephors, dress fabrios,hollands, &o..and are in various lengths, from 3 to 10 yards, With a view of rapidly selling these we have marked themat astonishingly low prices, suoh a; can be easily tested at To Aro House, Wellington,' There are also various lots of summer milinery, mantles, costumes, parasols, silks, carpets, mon's, boys', and youths' clothing that are really marked at such low prices as to make them the'mosfc undoubted bar-

gains ever offered to a discerning public either outside or inside of Te Aro House, Wellington, For 10 days only will these prices rule and at the termination of this period we oxpect that these romnats,'odd lots, and ' tho summer season of 1888-9 mil together como to anend at the Wholesale Family ; Drapery Warehouse, Te AroHoußO Welling- ' ton.-ADVT,

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